Guiding corporate social responsibility practice for social license to operate: A Nordic mining perspective

A European Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Socially Responsible (CSR) behaviour is a necessary prerequisite of global economic activity and makes this as a different perspective. In this paper, the author’s argument is based upon developments in several countries and special reference is given to UK and Portugal. Responsible behaviour of enterprises should consider innovative forms to present its reports, because is more attra...

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Comparative Perspective

A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fresh Perspective into Theory and Practice

Stakeholder theory has gained currency in the business and society literature in recent years in light of its practicality from the perspective of managers and scholars. In accounting for the recent ascendancy of stakeholder theory, this article presents an overview of two traditional conceptualizations of corporate social responsibility (CSR) (Carroll: 1979, ‘A ThreeDimensional Conceptual Mode...

Corporate Social Responsibility for Irresponsibility

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the hypothesis that companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in order to offset corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). We find general support for the relationship that when companies do more “harm,” they also do more “good.” The empirical analysis is based on an extensive 15-year panel dataset that covers nearly 3,000 publicl...

Market for Corporate Social Responsibility

Much is expected of the modern corporation. Shareholders seeking to maximize their return on investment pay close attention to reported earnings and stock price appreciation. Unanticipated negative movements in these variables can give rise to shareholder agitation, amplified by hedge funds and activist pension funds. Although this is characteristic of the Anglo-American ‘market for corporate c...